E.1 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.1 | Medical condition(s) being investigated |
Polyvascular disease and in patients with multiple recurrent cardiovascular events. |
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MedDRA Classification |
E.1.2 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.2 | Version | 9.1 |
E.1.2 | Level | LLT |
E.1.2 | Classification code | 10032377 |
E.1.2 | Term | Other peripheral vascular disease |
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E.1.2 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.2 | Version | 9.1 |
E.1.2 | Level | LLT |
E.1.2 | Classification code | 10028600 |
E.1.2 | Term | Myocardial ischaemia |
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E.1.3 | Condition being studied is a rare disease | No |
E.2 Objective of the trial |
E.2.1 | Main objective of the trial |
the aim of the present study is to demonstrate the superior antinflammatory effect of Clopidogrel and aspirin vs aspirin or clopidogrel alone in term of lower levels of selected circulating inflammatory markers, i.e. CRP, IL-6, TNFalpha, MPO, sCD40L and of nuclear transcription factor kappa-B ( NF-kB) in circulating monocytes and tromboxane B2 |
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E.2.2 | Secondary objectives of the trial |
Demonstrate a higher occurrence of platelet resistance as measured by TxA2 in polyvasculopatic patients. |
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E.2.3 | Trial contains a sub-study | No |
E.3 | Principal inclusion criteria |
Patients of both sexes, between 40 and 75 years of age and with symptomatic polyvascular disease or recurrent cardiovascular events will be included. In particular inclusion criteria include patients with established stable coronary artery disease (no acute coronary events in the 6 months before study entry with one of the following condition: stable angina with documented multivessels coronary disease, history of multivessel percutaneous coronary intervention, history of multivessel coronary artery bypass grafting or previous MI) associated with peripheral disease (current intermittent claudication and ankle-brachial index0,85 or history of intermittent claudication with previous leg amputation, reconstructive surgery , or angioplasty) or cerebrovascular disease ( a previous documented TIA or Stroke) and patients with more than two acute cardiovascular events ( examples: more than 2 MI,or 2 MI plus one TIA or stroke). |
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E.4 | Principal exclusion criteria |
The major exclusion criteria include cronic treatment with oral anticoagulant and other antiplatelet drugs wich might rise the emorragic risk; intollerance/allergy to aspirin or clopidrogrel; platelet count < 125 >145 10 ^/L; other exclusion criteria are inflammatory or infectious disease, malignancies, or immunologic or hematologic disorders. |
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E.5 End points |
E.5.1 | Primary end point(s) |
The primary endpoint will be linked to the justification of the sample size. Primary end-point is the demonstration of a significant reduction in one or more inflammatory markers: CRPIL-6, TNFalpha, MPO, sCD40L and NF-kB ) among the 3 groups of patients with symptomatic polyvascular disease treated with different antiplatelet therapy (group 1: aspirin, group 2: clopidogrel, group 3: aspirin plus clopidogrel). |
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E.6 and E.7 Scope of the trial |
E.6 | Scope of the trial |
E.6.1 | Diagnosis | No |
E.6.2 | Prophylaxis | No |
E.6.3 | Therapy | No |
E.6.4 | Safety | No |
E.6.5 | Efficacy | No |
E.6.6 | Pharmacokinetic | No |
E.6.7 | Pharmacodynamic | No |
E.6.8 | Bioequivalence | No |
E.6.9 | Dose response | No |
E.6.10 | Pharmacogenetic | No |
E.6.11 | Pharmacogenomic | No |
E.6.12 | Pharmacoeconomic | No |
E.6.13 | Others | Yes |
E.6.13.1 | Other scope of the trial description |
riduzione dei parametri infiammatori della terapia combinata rispetto alla sola aspirina |
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E.7 | Trial type and phase |
E.7.1 | Human pharmacology (Phase I) | No |
E.7.1.1 | First administration to humans | No |
E.7.1.2 | Bioequivalence study | No |
E.7.1.3 | Other | No |
E.7.1.3.1 | Other trial type description | |
E.7.2 | Therapeutic exploratory (Phase II) | No |
E.7.3 | Therapeutic confirmatory (Phase III) | Yes |
E.7.4 | Therapeutic use (Phase IV) | No |
E.8 Design of the trial |
E.8.1 | Controlled | Yes |
E.8.1.1 | Randomised | Yes |
E.8.1.2 | Open | Yes |
E.8.1.3 | Single blind | No |
E.8.1.4 | Double blind | No |
E.8.1.5 | Parallel group | Yes |
E.8.1.6 | Cross over | No |
E.8.1.7 | Other | No |
E.8.2 | Comparator of controlled trial |
E.8.2.1 | Other medicinal product(s) | Yes |
E.8.2.2 | Placebo | Information not present in EudraCT |
E.8.2.3 | Other | No |
E.8.3 |
The trial involves single site in the Member State concerned
| Yes |
E.8.4 | The trial involves multiple sites in the Member State concerned | No |
E.8.4.1 | Number of sites anticipated in Member State concerned | 1 |
E.8.5 | The trial involves multiple Member States | No |
E.8.6 Trial involving sites outside the EEA |
E.8.6.1 | Trial being conducted both within and outside the EEA | No |
E.8.6.2 | Trial being conducted completely outside of the EEA | Information not present in EudraCT |
E.8.7 | Trial has a data monitoring committee | No |
E.8.8 |
Definition of the end of the trial and justification where it is not the last
visit of the last subject undergoing the trial
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E.8.9 Initial estimate of the duration of the trial |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned years | 1 |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned months | 3 |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned days | |
E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial years | 1 |
E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial months | 3 |